Tag: nostalgia

AOL’s Long running messaging service will end on December 15th. Though it’s true that i rarely use it these days and that I actually lost my original account years ago… I have fond memories of this communications protocol. I continue to communicate with people though AIM. Apple had strong links to it at the launch of iChatAV. #nostalgia Well, AOL broke the news with a tweet. ironic?

In truth, I haven’t touched it in years. I haven’t even touched cydia recently. Sadly, all this work would only be useful for someone with an original or 3g iPhone. Apple certainly doesn’t support those devices anymore. Does anyone still use them? Unfortunately, my ISP insists that I remove the content. After 7 years of hosting it, they realized it violates TOS. I should check the logs. I wonder if it will even be missed. People say the internet never forgets. Sometimes it is quite the opposite. For nostalgias sake, I left the instructions site up: http://cydia.be3n.com/ (at least that does’t violate Dreamhost TOS). For the record, much of my work continued support well into iOS 4.

Back in 1997, I registered my first domain benforpresident.org. It was a silly site that I would do almost nothing with. I had grand plans for a genuine run for 2016. With technology on my side, how could I fail? Well, I missed a registration payment and it was snatched from me. Oddly, the content remained the same in the hands of it’s new owner. Nothing was added, nothing was changed. (apart from some tracking javascript). Yesterday on a whim, I checked it’s availability and reacquired it. I don’t know exactly what I am going to do with it, but for now, I have set the clock back to 1997. typos and all. got ideas?

I found more pictures of my old bedroom recently. Below, I cleared out my bed to install a pull out sofa (seen in next frame). It turned my high school room into quite the hangout. Also on display were some art and other decorations from that era. If you look closely, you can find Pez, impressionists paintings, comics, Magic packs, and a Sun optical mouse/mousepad. I wonder what others will find. My room’s walls were quite the collage. I’ve added more pictures including this 4up from my Nickelodeon Photo Blaster. Can you find Audio/Video tapes next to the original Nintendo? enjoy.

In that last picture, my room is trashed while i pack for the Defcon Hacker conference in Las Vegas.